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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「似箭在弦」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It’s like the arrow is already on the bowstring and has to be shot.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sì jiàn zài xián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chi5 jin3 joi6 yin4
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